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NEW YORK (AP) — Avery Bradley scored 21 points, and the Boston Celtics snapped a three-game losing streak with an 89-81 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night. Tyler Zeller added 18 points for the Celtics, who won for just the second time in nine games by outplaying the Nets over the final three quarters after a slow start. They trailed by 11 in the first half but gradually pulled away after halftime despite shooting under 40 percent for the game. Joe Johnson scored 17 points for the Nets, who dropped their third in a row and fell to 16-19. Mason Plumlee had 16 points and 12 rebounds but shot just 6 for 11 at the free-throw line. Brooklyn point guard Deron Williams...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Avery Bradley scored 21 points, and the Boston Celtics snapped a three-game losing streak with an 89-81 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night.
Tyler Zeller added 18 points for the Celtics, who won for just the second time in...

The Lakers spent $99.9 million in salary this season for a roster that went 45-37. Additionally, the team will pay $29.6 million in luxury taxes -- a total of $129.5 million to get into the playoffs and suffer a first-round sweep by the San Antonio Spurs....

Spurs 120, Lakers 89 (final)
The San Antonio Spurs dominated the Lakers in Game 3 of their first-round playoff matchup to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series with a 120-89 victory on Friday night at Staples Center.
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The Lakers waived forward Shawne Williams on Tuesday.
Had Williams lasted the day on the roster, his nonguaranteed contract would have locked in for the remainder of the season.
The Lakers kept Kendall Marshall, Ryan Kelly and Xavier Henry -- all...

MILWAUKEE — They are as different as night and day in their styles of play, but J.J. Redick and Jamal Crawford are effective as the shooting guards for the Clippers.
Redick is in constant motion, running all over the court, coming off screens on the...

MILWAUKEE — Chris Paul got in a good, strong workout before the Clippers played the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.
Paul got in a good sweat shooting jumpers and runners. He got in a good sweat running up and down the court after he shot.
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The Lakers announced that power forward Pau Gasol received a successful "FAST technique" procedure on both knees Thursday morning.
The procedure, whose name stands for Focused Aspiration of Scar Tissue, was performed by Dr. Steve Yoon of the...

The Clippers are back to making roster moves.
After the second of Darius Morris' 10-day contracts expired following the game against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night, the Clippers decided not to sign the point guard for the rest of the season.
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In a year defined by injury, Coach Mike D'Antoni became a lightning rod for criticism, despite leading the Lakers (45-37) team to a 28-12, seventh-place finish.
In the closing moments of the Lakers' sweep by the San Antonio Spurs, the familiar chant of...

Spurs 103, Lakers 82 (final)
The Lakers' season finally came to a close on Sunday in a game that symbolized the year.
Injuries were the defining factor in the team's 45-37 regular season and the postseason was no different. The Lakers had to...

On Friday, Kobe Bryant suggested he might play beyond his current contract with the Lakers.
Bryant, whose deal expires after this season, spoke to Stephen A. Smith on ESPN Radio about the possibility of San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan tying the...

The Clippers are still making moves to improve their team.
They re-signed point guard Maalik Wayns on Wednesday, but perhaps the best news was hearing Coach Doc Rivers say that guard J.J. Redick, who has been out since Nov. 29 because of a broken right...

The Clippers signed former Lakers point guard Darius Morris to a 10-day contract Monday night, and he was scheduled to be in uniform for the game later that night against the Orlando Magic at Staples Center.
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Former NBA players' union executive director Billy Hunter has claimed that Lakers star Kobe Bryant and agent Rob Pelinka, acting on behalf of union president Derek Fisher, meddled with his efforts to end the 2011 lockout.
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Darren Collison's job when Chris Paul sat out 18 games because of a separated right shoulder was to help the Clippers stay the course without their All-Star point guard.
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Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni is looking forward to a "normal" season after last year's difficult trek.
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They often arrived, especially at first, with a certain swagger. Two Lakers, a Boston Celtic and, once, an entire pro team from China among them.
On the sidewalk outside, passersby sometimes stopped to peer through the windows of the Marina del Rey...

The rash of injuries to Lakers point guards that has afflicted starters, backups and fill-ins alike struck Kobe Bryant on Thursday, the All-Star learning he will miss about six weeks with a broken bone in his left knee.
Bryant initially shrugged off...